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> But in politics it does, which is that the right says yes and the left says no.

That’s not accurate, tax deductions for the poor is an obvious example. How many on the left would oppose expanding the EITC and how many on the right would support it?

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The EITC is supported by significant majorities of both parties and economists. It's opposed by politicians because it's a tax expenditure that doesn't provide any opportunity for graft.

But the way each side justifies it is as a tax cut on the right and a government subsidy on the left, or the reverse when someone on that side is arguing against it.

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